Oooooo, a young, hot strapping templar. I'll take two of him!
Yeah I'm just going to continue believing he's 34-35 in my headcanon, because no way my Quizzie is dating a guy younger than herself, leave alone letting a 20-something lead her armies. 34 is still roughly 30... kinda. Close enough. (◉‿◉✿)
Haha I was actually sort of confused when I spoke to Dorian and he mentioned my Quizzy having a thing for strappin' young Templars because I'm still in my early twenties. I wonder how old Dorian is. Or how old he thinks my Quizzy is. err...
It's also rather surreal that I've only just finished Dragon Age: Origins recently but if I had actually played it when it first came out I really would have been about the same age as Cullen was at the time. Now I have some catching up to do in that respect. Heh.
But yeah, I agree with the people who think he's a bit older than exactly 30 in Inquisition because it's hard to imagine him being as young as Alistair in Origins. Brianne must have used the word "roughly" deliberately to allow us headcanon wiggle room. I know he says that he hasn't seen an abomination before and doesn't know what they look like, but I chalked that up to the fact that Irving and Greagor were very good at weeding out potential problems before allowing them to undergo a Harrowing. Plus, we know that Cullen has witnessed other Harrowings before the Warden's, and he was familiar enough with them that your Warden mage's talent really stood out during hers. He also says the Templars were too lenient on the mages prior to the Broken Circle so I figured it had been a long time since they'd had any real incidents and the Templars were getting lax in their duties. I'm comfortable thinking Cullen maybe spent a year or two at the Circle already before the start of Origins. He's a very cautious guy, and I like to think that his infatuation for your Warden was lovingly stewed over a period of time as he began to notice your valiant qualities during his patrols. 